Horse breeding is a business full of rewards and disappointments. Breeders eagerly await the birth of a healthy foal, but they also understand the risk of abortion or of a mare not conceiving. To ...

A Thoroughbred mare the Kentucky Equine Humane Center received via Thoroughbred Charities of America in 2016 as one of the herd seized from Charles Borell and his daughter, former trainer Maria Borell ...

Marilyn Montavon tended to some of her horses. At least six mares became pregnant after a rogue stud somehow came to be part of her herd of more than 20 horses in Bourbon County sometime last year.

WELLINGTON — Katie Atwood is up to her elbows in horses. Literally. The veterinarian at Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, who takes a special interest in horse reproduction, is an expert in ...

Researchers have discovered that phenylbutazone, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly prescribed in horses, can affect the ability of a mare's egg cells -- called 'oocytes' -- to ...